Laughing Skull clan

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{{#if:Laughing Skull flag WCII.png|}} Laughing Skull flag, circa Second War
Main leader	[[File:IconSmall_{{#switch:ogremage |night elf=NightElf |blood elf=BloodElf |high elf=HighElf |#default=OgreMage}}{{#if:|_{{{2}}}}}.gif|{{#ifeq:{{{3}}}|Large|26px|16px}}]] Mogor
Race(s)	[[File:IconSmall_{{#switch:orc |night elf=NightElf |blood elf=BloodElf |high elf=HighElf |#default=Orc}}{{#if:Male|_Male}}.gif|{{#ifeq:{{{3}}}|Large|26px|16px}}]][[File:IconSmall_{{#switch:orc |night elf=NightElf |blood elf=BloodElf |high elf=HighElf |#default=Orc}}{{#if:Female|_Female}}.gif|{{#ifeq:{{{3}}}|Large|26px|16px}}]] Orc
Language(s)	Orcish
Affiliation	Independent
Formerly	Orcish Horde, Horde of Draenor
Status	Unknown
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Tabard	{{#if:|[[File:{{{tabard}}}|90px]]}}

The Laughing Skull clan is an orcish clan known to be perhaps the most treacherous of all the clans. Feeling a kinship to thievery and assassination, the warriors of the Laughing Skull are distrusted by many of their fellow Orcs. Although the loyalty of those in the Laughing Skull are questionable, the skill and audacity of their minions are unequaled.

History

When the elder shaman Ner'zhul first began developing his plan to open more dimensional gateways, he required the knowledge of a specific order of death knights who knew how to rebuild the original Dark Portal. Mogor, the renegade ogre mage of the Laughing Skull clan, had taken control of this group of death knights and was using them for some dark purpose of his own. Ner'zhul ordered a small force of orcs, ogres, and a death knight from the Shadowmoon clan to attack the Laughing Skulls and subjugate Mogor's death knights. Ner'zhul's forces also rescued Grommash Hellscream and some of his Warsong soldiers, who had been held prisoner by the Laughing Skulls, and with their help the attack was carried out successfully and Ner'zhul gained the knowledge required to open to reopen the Dark Portal.<ref>Slayer of the Shadowmoon (WC2 Orc)</ref>

After the reopening of the Dark Portal, a group of Laughing Skull, Warsong, and Shadowmoon warriors established a base near Nethergarde Keep, where they subsequently fought against and were defeated by Danath Trollbane's Alliance forces.<ref>The Battle for Nethergarde (WC2 Human)</ref> Shortly after the Alliance Expedition invaded Draenor, they attacked the shipyards of Zeth'kur. One of the nearby islands contained a Laughing Skull encampment which was destroyed by the Alliance.<ref>Upon the Shadowed Seas (WC2 Human)</ref> Later, the Alliance destroyed another Laughing Skull encampment located on one of the islands off the Skeletal Coast.<ref>Coast of Bones (WC2 Human)</ref>

Before the Alliance managed to attack Fortress Shadowmoon, the Laughing Skull stole the Book of Medivh from Ner'zhul's stronghold. Later, the Skulls contacted the Alliance Expedition and informed them that while none could stand against the combined might of the Horde, the Laughing Skull clan sought advantage from the turmoil of the war. The orcs asked the Alliance to lend their strongest warriors to help the Laughing Skulls gain dominance over Draenor's northern clans by securing the passes across the Blade's Edge Mountains and destroying the stronghold of the Thunderlord clan that dwelled there. The Skulls would supply the humans with warriors and supplies culled from their villages. In exchange for the Alliance's assistance, the Laughing Skulls would give them the Book of Medivh. The Alliance Expedition complied and reinforced the orcs as they attacked and destroyed the strongholds of the Bonechewers and Thunderlords, allowing the Skulls to gain control of the region.<ref>Dance of the Laughing Skull (WC2 Human)</ref>